forwards, their late notorions known Lies; late did I say! it
has been the custome of their first parent from the beginning, and
they his Children have been so Tutur'd and brought up in that
Art, that a Leopard may sooner loose his spots, then they their
Customary, Original, and beloved Sin of lying; out of which
kind of Timber they have hewed and squared their late Frame of
Government; and have Rear'd it to that height, that they make
the silly people beleeve, That they have by their meritorious evil,
egress, or regress (by a pair of back stairs) to Converse with
love in his Celestial Mantson, and make him fight for them, Conquer,
Rout, take Prisoners, Horse, Ordnance, Arms; nay,
fight at Sea, to sink, board, take, and what not! So that their
Zealous Calves-heads of Ieroboems breed, advance their horns,
and hold up their edifying Noses in the Aire, as if it were Rutting
time, and they would joyn issue with Belzebub their Prince, to
beget a new King of their own Chimerian Race; who might Rule
and Reign over this righteous Generation, this little Flock, these
sanctified Children, that eate their own Bread, fit nnder their
own Vines, covet not their Neighbors Goods or Lands, have denied
the world, and are Regenerate and Strangers to it; yet murder,
take purses, swear, equivocate, and Lie, not wich Brothers
only, but even with Sisters, one anothers Wives, to encrease and
Multiply the Spirit of Lust and Rebellion; and so beget a new
Progeny or holy Issue of prick-cares like themselves, who will lie
more naturally then their Sires; and he that is the best Proficient
in this Mystery of Iniquity, shall be rewarded with the thousands
and two thousands per annum to themselves and heirs for
ever; as lately they have rewarded Iones with with one thousand per
annum, and a Letter of Thanks; Otway 300.l. Iack Bradshaw (to
buy him a new Drum this Bartholmew-fair) two thousand
pounds per annum; Harry Martin to relieve his Lady-birds, one
thousand pounds per an. and Greenwich Park and Castle to Men
them in; Skippon two thousand pounds, and a Sequester'd house
to keep his Court in, in Long-Acre; and thus they deal by portions
to one another round, the Inheritances, Money and Goods
of those they have Robb'd and Plundered; nay live in them,
keep Court, and enjoy them with a good Conscience, though
God faith, Thou Shalt net Covet, or so much as remove thy Neighbors